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Fauzia's son Hamid was picked up from a hotel in Pakistan

The Pakistan court later sentenced him to three years in prison

Hamid travelled to Pakistan without requisite papers to help a girl

Fauzia Ansari, who has been running from pillar to post with her lawyer husband Nehal Ansari to set their son free from Pakistan jail, has appealed to the government not to mix her son Hamid Ansai's case with diplomacy and politics.

"After Uri attack we knew there would be an obvious reaction. But to all the people from Pakistan and India, I have only one request. Hamids case needs to be to considered on a humanitarian basis. It cannot be mixed with diplomacy and politics. Keep it separate and look at Hamid's case with a humanitarian approach," says Fauzia.

Hamid has filed a petition in Peshawar high court asking for the years that he had spent as an under trial to be set against his three years punishment that he has been awarded by Pakistan court and thus should allow him to walk free. However the authorities have not responded to his petition as yet and it only keeps getting adjourned.

"After every thunderstorm the clouds do give way and rainbows are celebrated. Hope it will happen soon in my case too," she added.

Fifty six-year-old Fauzia, a lecturer in a junior college in Mumbai, mourned that the recent Uri attacks has shattered her hopes of getting his son back.

"That terror attack in Uri camp did not just kill the army jawans but it seemed like a mountain has fallen over our hopes and shattered our dreams of seeing our son after four years," Fauzia said.FELL IN LOVE, TRAPPED IN ESPIONAGE CASE

Fauzia's younger son Hamid an engineer by profession had travelled to Afghanistan and from there to Pakistan to help a girl he had fallen in love with over internet.

While chatting to Hamid the girl claimed that she was being forcibly married. Subsequently, Hamid travelled all the way without permission from the governments concerned or even informing anyone in his family.

It was only after his disappearance that his parents began frantically searching form him and later found out about the chats.

Hamid was picked up from a hotel in Pakistan for not having the requisite papers and a case of espionage was slapped on him. The Pakistan court later sentenced him to three years in prison.

Inspite of their several appeals to minister of external affairs Sushma Swaraj and her counter parts in Pakistan, Fauzia and Nehal have only been told about unfulfilled promises.

"I am almost a non entity when it comes to the stature of both the governments. Pakistan refuses to give me visa so I can do nothing except appeal to the indian government. The indian authorities have been promising but the delay is unbearable," she said.